Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Power Rosé’

ABSTRACT

A new cultivar of daisy-type spray pot  Chrysanthemum,  ‘Power Rosé’, characterized by it&#39;s early, uniform and free flowering habit, its inflorescences with ray florets that are light burgundy in color with bright yellow disk florets that open from buds that are burgundy in color, its vigorous freely branched growth habit, its small leaved dark green foliage and its uniform, rounded and outward spreading plant habit.

Botanical classification: Chrysanthemum×morifolium.

Variety denomination: ‘Power Rosé’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as Chrysanthemum×morifolium ‘Power Rosé’ (syn. Dendranthemum×grandiflora) and hereinafter by its cultivar name, ‘Power Rosé’.

The new Chrysanthemum, ‘Power Rosé’, was discovered by the Inventors as a naturally occurring branch mutation of Chrysanthemum cultivar ‘Power Purple’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 19,797) in a container in a greenhouse in September 2009 in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada.

Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar was first accomplished by one of the Inventors via stem cuttings in November 2009 in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada. The characteristics of this cultivar have been determined to be stable and are reproduced true to type in successive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the characteristics of the new cultivar of Chrysanthemum. These attributes in combination distinguish by ‘Power Rosé’ as unique from all other cultivars of Chrysanthemum known to the Inventors.

-   -   1. The inflorescences of ‘Power Rosé’ have ray florets that are         light burgundy in color with bright yellow disk florets that         open from buds that are burgundy in color.     -   2. ‘Power Rosé’ is early flowering with daisy-type         inflorescences about 3.8 cm in diameter when grown as a spray         pot.     -   3. ‘Power Rosé’ exhibits a freely branched, uniform, rounded and         outward plant habit.     -   4. ‘Power Rosé’ exhibits a uniform flowering response.     -   5. ‘Power Rosé’ exhibits small leaved dark green foliage.     -   6. ‘Power Rosé’ exhibits a vigorous growth habit.

In comparison to the parent plant, ‘Power Purple’, ‘Power Rosé’ has ray florets that are lighter and more red in color than the ray florets of ‘Power Purple’, which are deep purple in color. Based on its growth habit, flowering response and flower type, ‘Power Rosé’ can be most closely compared to ‘Soft Cherie’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,802), which differs from ‘Power Rosé’ in having light purple colored ray florets and ‘Power Yellow’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 18,175), which differs from ‘Power Rosé’ in having yellow ray florets.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall appearance and distinct characteristics of the new chrysanthemum, ‘Power Rosé’. The photographs were taken of plants grown in a 5-inch pan pot planted with 3 rooted cuttings and grown under greenhouse conditions for 10 weeks in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada.

FIG. 1 is a photograph that provides a side view of a typical plant of ‘Power Rosé’ in bloom when grown as a spray-type.

The photograph in FIG. 2 provides a close up view of the inflorescences of ‘Power Rosé’.

The photograph in FIG. 3 provides a comparison between ‘Power Rosé’ (left) and ‘Power Purple’ (right).

The Colors in the photograph may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description, which accurately describe the colors of the new Chrysanthemum.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The following is a detailed description of plants of the new cultivar as grown in a 5-inch pan pot planted with 3 single pinched rooted cuttings and grown under greenhouse conditions at an average temperature of 65° F. for 10 weeks in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada. The phenotype of the new cultivar may vary with variations in environmental, climatic, and cultural conditions, as it has not been tested under all possible environmental conditions. The color determination is in accordance with The 2007 R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society, London, England, except where general color terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

-   General description:     -   -   Commercial classification.—Daisy-type spray pot             Chrysanthemum.         -   Flowering response.—Early blooming, flowering occurs after             short day treatment in about 52 days in spring, summer and             fall and 56 days in winter.         -   Plant type.—Herbaceous, grown as a potted Chrysanthemum as a             spray-type.         -   Plant habit.—Uniform, compact, mounded plant habit.         -   Height and spread.—Reaches about 15 cm in height and 24 cm             in width when grown under the conditions tested under             greenhouse conditions.         -   Diseases resistance.—No susceptibility or resistance to             diseases common to Chrysanthemum has been observed under             commercial greenhouse productions.         -   Root description.—Fibrous. -   Growth and propagation:     -   -   Propagation.—Terminal stem cuttings.         -   Time to root.—About 8 days at 20° C.         -   Production.—Rooted cuttings grown at 65° F. finish in a             5-inch pan pot in 8 weeks.         -   Growth rate.—Vigorous. -   Stem description:     -   -   Stem color.—138A with pubescence of 138B and 138C.         -   Stem strength.—Strong and flexible.         -   Stem surface.—Pubescent.         -   Branching habit and quantity.—Freely branched, about 5             branches per stem after removal of the apical meristem             (pinching).         -   Lateral branch size.—About 10 cm in length and about 3.5 mm             in width.         -   Internode length.—Lateral branches in a whorl from pinched             node at base. -   Foliage description:     -   -   Leaf division.—Simple.         -   Leaf shape.—Limb is broadly ovate and narrowing towards             base.         -   Leaf base.—Limb base is cuneate, narrow base is truncate.         -   Leaf apex.—Rounded to broadly acute and minutely mucronate.         -   Leaf margin.—Matures to trifid to five-lobed with apex of             lobes rounded with minute mucrunate tips.         -   Leaf texture.—Upper surface slightly pubescent, lower             surface pubescent.         -   Leaf venation.—Palmate, color upper surface 144B near base             and blending to leaf color towards apex, color lower surface             138B near base and blending to leaf color towards apex.         -   Leaf attachment.—Sessile.         -   Leaf arrangement.—Alternate.         -   Leaf number.—Average of 15 per lateral branch.         -   Leaf internode length.—Average of 1.2 cm.         -   Leaf color.—Young and mature foliage upper surface; between             N137B and 138A, young and mature foliage lower surface; a             blend of 138A and 138B.         -   Leaf size (fully expanded).—Average of 5 cm in length and             2.9 cm in width (expanded limb portion is an average of 3.6             cm in length).         -   Fragrance of foliage.—Fragrant if bruised. -   Flower description:     -   -   Inflorescence type.—Composite, daisy form with oblong shaped             ray florets and disk florets arranged acropetally on a             capitulum, inflorescences typically borne in corymbs.         -   Postproduction longevity.—Conditions dependent,             inflorescences maintain good color and substance for about 2             weeks in an interior environment.         -   Fragrance.—Faint.         -   Quantity of inflorescences.—Average of 10 per lateral stem,             about 150 per plant produced from 3 cuttings.         -   Inflorescence size.—About 1 cm in depth and 3.8 cm in             diameter, diameter of disk about 1.1 cm.         -   Inflorescence buds.—About 1 cm in depth and 8 mm in             diameter, globose becoming ovate in shape prior to opening,             N77B in color with phyllaries 138A to 138B.         -   Peduncle.—Strong, flexible, held from upright to an angle of             30° to vertical, surface is pubescent, an average of 2 cm in             length and 2 mm in width, 138A in color with pubescence of             138B and 138C.         -   Involucral bracts (phyllaries).—Arranged in two layers, 138A             to 138B in color with translucent margins, about 4.5 mm in             length and 1.5 mm in width, surface is glandular and             pubescence.         -   Receptacle.—About 4 mm in diameter and 3 mm in depth, 144A             to 144C in color. -   Ray florets (pistillate):     -   -   Number.—An average of 22.         -   Arrangement.—In 2 rows.         -   Shape.—Elongated oblong.         -   Aspect.—Emerge vertical and open to primarily horizontal             when fully open.         -   Size.—An average of 1.6 cm in length and 6 mm in width.         -   Ray floret apex.—Rounded with one or two notches.         -   Ray floret base.—Cuneate.         -   Ray floret margins.—Entire.         -   Ray floret texture.—Glabrous on upper and lower surface and             ridged.         -   Ray floret color.—Opening upper and lower surface; a blend             of N77B and 71A and 71B (slightly lighter), fully open upper             and lower surface; a blend of 70A, 70B and 70C, base             surrounded pistil N144D. -   Disk florets (perfect):     -   -   Arrangement.—Massed in center of receptacle.         -   Quantity.—Average of 97.         -   Shape.—Tubular.         -   Size.—About 5 mm in length and about 1.5 mm in width.         -   Color.—Immature 151B, mature 2A to 2C. -   Reproductive organs:     -   -   Presence.—Disk florets are perfect, ray florets are             pistillate.         -   Gynoecium.—1 Pistil per disk and ray floret, 4 mm in length,             style color 154D, stigma color 12A.         -   Androcoecium.—5 stamens per disk floret, fused into tube             surrounding style, anthers are translucent and color 154D,             pollen is moderate in quantity and 14B in color.         -   Seed.—Seed production has not been observed under conditions             tested. 

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Power Rosé’ as herein illustrated and described. 